Adhesive container stopper and brush



Nov. 29, 1938. A. A. BILBREY ADHESIVE CONTAINER STOPPER AND BRUSH Filed July l2, 1957 ATTORN EYS Patented Nov. 29, 1938 PATENT OFFICE ADHESIVE CONTAINER STOPPER AND BRUSH Albert A. Bilbrey, Salem, Oreg. Application Ju1y`12, 1937, Serial No. 153,288 1 Claim. r(Cl. 9167.2)

The invention relates to an adhesive container stopper and'brush and more especially to glue, mucilage or cement applicator brushes and stoppers therefor.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a stopper and brush of this character, wherein the stopper holds the brush within a container or receptacle for glue, cement or mucilage to avoid the admission of air into said container or receptacle when the brush is not in use for applying the glue, cement or mucilage to a piece of Work and in this manner eliminating the hardening of the contents of the container or receptacle.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a brush and stopper of this character, wherein the brush can be readily loosened from the contents of a container or receptacle for glue, cement or mucilage without the necessity of grasping such container or receptacle in order to extract or remove the brush therefrom.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a brush and stopper of this character, wherein the construction and the assembly of the same with each other are novel and unique and the brush can be readily and easily freed from the contents of the container or receptacle without undue sticking of such brush, particularly when the contents become hardened about the same and also the stopper renders the container or receptacle airtight when applied thereto and carrying such brush when not in use.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a brush and stopper of this char- 35 acter, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eliicient in operation, readily and easily manipulated both for closing a container or receptacle and the removal of the brush therefrom for its use, strong, durable, and inexpensive 40 to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in 45 the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing the View is a fragmentary vertical sectional view partly in ele- 50 vation of a brush and stopper constructed in accordance with the invention and applied to a container or receptacle.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates generally a portion of a glass container or re- 55 ceptacle. which in this instance is of Couventional jar kind having at its open mouth end an externally threaded neck`5 4for separable connection therewith of a ring-like rimy piece 6 con# centrically tted about a closure cap or cover piece 'I which is separably fitted with said rim 5 piece and has a countersunk center 8 provided with a central opening 9, the peripheral portion of the cap or cover 'I being seated upon the mouth edge of the neck 5 of the container or receptacle A While the rim piece 6 under screw action 10 thereof upon the neck seals the cap or cover peripherally about the mouth or open end of said container or receptacle.

Removably seated in the countersunk center 8 of the cap or cover 'I is a stopper in the form of 16 a spool-like body Ill formed at its outer end with an enlarged knob or head terminal II while intermediate of said body Ill is an outwardly bulged circular ledge or an annulus rest flange l2 provided with a concave bottom face I3 concentri- 20 cally about the body I0 for substantially knife edge engagement or contact as at I4 with the countersunk center 8 of the cap or cover '1. This ledge or flange I2 is next to a rounded inner end I5 of the body I0, the said end I5 being in cross 25 sectional diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the hole or opening 9 in the center 8 of said cap or cover 'I while the ledge or iiange l2 is of an outside diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the countersunk center 8 of 30 said cap or cover. The contact I4 of the ledge or flange I2 with the countersunk center 8 of the cap or cover 1 affords an airtight seal to the container or receptacle A when the stopper body Il! is at rest or in closing position on the cap or cover. The body I0 constituting the stopper has an outwardly tapered center bore or passage I6 therein opening through the outer and inner ends of the same and accommodated within this 40 bore or passage is an outwardly tapered handle I'I of a brush, the bristles or brush end I8 being at the larger end of the handle Il and is depended Within the contents of the container or receptacle A when Within the stopper body IQ. The smaller end ofthe handle Il protrudes a considerable distance outwardly beyond the knob end II of the body I0 and has about the same a coiled compression spring I9 contacting with the knob end II and a ooncaved or dished disklike head or hand hold 20 xed to the outer end of said handle I'I. This spring I9 functions to tension the handle Il of the brush so that such handle will have a valve plug action within the passage or bore I6 to normally close the same 55 and thus eliminate the passing of air from Without to within the container or receptacle A through the stopper body IUi when seated upon the cap or cover I1. By compressing the spring I9 the handle I1 will be shifted through the passage or bore I6 in the stopper body I0 so as to loosen or displace the bristle or brush end I8 in the contents of the container or receptacle A particularly when such contents has hardened Contact with said end I8;

The formation of the stopper body I0 allows hand gripping thereof and finger engagement with the head 20 on the handle I1 of the brushf for dislodgment of the end I8,of, the said brush. in the contents of the container or receptacle- A without necessity of the hand grasping of the container or receptacle as is customarywhen'v it is desired to remove the brushtherefrom andthe,

use of such brush in applying cement, mucilage,

glue or the like from within the containercr,

receptacleto a piece of work.

The stopper and brushis particularly adapted for use by shoemakers, or shoe repairmen in applying cement to work and when the said stopper and brush in their assembly with each other are applied to a container or receptacle for the cement, mucilage, glue or the like, the said container or receptacle will be rendered airtight to avoid deterioration of its contents and thus prolonging use thereof.

What is claimed is:

In combination, a receptacle having a centrally perforated and countersunk cover: piece, a stopper body fitted in said perforation, said stopper body having adjacent its medial portion amoutwardly extending downwardly concaved stopperA bodyJJ fitted in said perforation, said countersunk area and having a knife-edge arranged to contact said area, an upwardly tapered borelthroughsaid stopper body, a brush having a tapered-.handlearranged in said bore, and resilient means coacting with the brush and said stoppenbody to movably hold said handle in said bore.

ALBER'I-Ar. BILBREY;l 

